Category: Metro BLISTT

Council pursues additional rice supply for the city

The legislative body, during its regular session on April 27 reiterated the need to acquire adequate supply of rice for the City of Baguio amid the COVID-19 crisis after its first request to the National Food Authority (NFA) did not yield positive results. The policymakers passed a resolution appealing to the NFA-Benguet Provincial Office (Region […]

Completion of priority projects in city pressed

BAGUIO CITY – The City Council approved a resolution requesting the City Engineer’s Office (CEO), City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO) and the Department of Public Works and Highways – Baguio City District Engineering Office (DPWH-BCDEO) to the priority critical government infrastructure projects that needs construction and completion before the onset of the rainy season […]

Quarantine Checkpoint

A policeman from the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) flagged down motorcycle riders during the simultaneous inspections along Kisad Road and some entry points in Baguio City Last April 22, 2020. Photos by Carlos C. Meneses/ABN

Rolling Store and Kadiwa on Wheels

Baguio City’s effort to decongest market places and bring basic necessities to the barangays is becoming a familiar scene in school yards and open gyms. The DTI and DA in coordination with Barangay heads has scheduled rolling markets with basic necessities and food items supplied by local distributors in areas such as Dontogan, Fairview, Bakakeng, […]

Mga empleyado ng BCC nag-donate ng 10,800cc ng dugo

LUNGSOD NG BAGUIO – Sa gitna ng kasalukuyang enhanced community quarantine dahil sa COVID-19, ang mga empleyado ng Baguio Country Club (BCC) ay tumugon sa panawagan ng Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Baguio City Chapter para sa blood donation na nakapagbigay ng 24 units o katumbas ng 10,800 cc ng dugo. Sa ngalan ng Red Cross […]

Baguio City To Lose P480M Projected Take Due To ECQ

BAGUIO CITY (April 24, 2020) — Baguio City has admitted that it might not be able to collect more or less P480 million from its projected income for 2020 with the backlash of the ECQ on the city’s economy. Based on the initial computations of the city’s finance managers, Baguio stands to lose some P40 […]

Baguio adopts Benguet project to help farmers sell produce

BAGUIO CITY, Apr. 21 (PIA) – The city government of Baguio adopted a project of the provincial government of Benguet to support the farmers and at the same time to provide cheap vegetables to Baguio residents during the period of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Through the “Sampung Piso Para Sa Farmers, Murang Gulay Para […]

Baguio City Poor Families Continue Getting Relief Packs From Gov’t

BAGUIO CITY (April 24, 2020) — Families in dire need continue to receive relief packs from government, 36 days since the Luzon-wide ECQ. Amid non -stop complaints of relief goods not reaching numerous families even here in Baguio City, the city’s Office of Social Welfare and Development claimed to have distributed over P26 million worth […]

Barangay Fairview malaya na sa Lockdown – Magalong

BAGUIO CITY (April 25, 2020) – Dahil umano sa kanilang ipinakitang “disiplina at kooperasyon” ay pinalaya na ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong ang Barangay Fairview sa pagkaka lockdown nito noong mga nakaraang araw dahil umano sa ilang pasaway na mga residente ng nasabing barangay. Ayon kay Magalong naging epektibo ang pagaya ng barangay Fairview noong Sabado […]

Reactivation of Barangay market days during ECQ urged

The city council approved a resolution reiterating the conduct of the “Barangay Market Days” in response to the restricted mobility of the public in the wake of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). The resolution authored by Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan, Councilors Michael Lawana, and Philian Weygan Allan recommends the reactivation of the Barangay Market Day […]

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